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Chapter Questions An Historical Novel, Based On The American Revolution A Google Certified Teacher Literature Project Created by Carol LaRow Niskayuna Middle School, Niskayuna, NY Chapter Questions Novel: My Brother Sam is Dead Authors: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier This is a novel about a family living in Connecticut during the time of the American Revolution. They must face the consequences of the war when it reaches their community. The story is told through the eyes of the younger son, Tim Meeker. This LitTrip can be used as a complete lesson to teach the novel. It follows the story and characters, chapter by chapter. Click on the links to open windows that contain discussion questions, written by Carol LaRow's 7th grade students, which can be used in class to arrive at the meaning and theme of the novel. All questions are discussion questions, not recall. Students use the questions in “all class” discussions about the novel. Each link contains chapter summaries and additional WEB resources, which help students understand the time period of the American Revolution. Don't miss the links at the bottom of the kmz which contain additional resources, links to the Library of Congress and primary source documents, webquests and online games for learning about the revolution and Colonial times. There are also suggested activities and projects for students to use as culminating activities. Chapter 1: Summary: April 1775, Sam Meeker returns to his parents' tavern in Redding Ridge and announces that he has joined the Patriots in the fight against the British. He wants to take his father's Brown Bess. Sam and Father get into an argument. Discussion Questions: 1. Why do you think Sam has a different opinion about the revolution than his father does? 2. What was the significance of what happened between the Minutemen and the Lobsterbacks at Lexington and Concord? 3. Why does the author spend so much of the chapter showing the reader what Tim thinks about Sam's clothes, manner of speaking, and accomplishments? Additional Internet Resources: • What Made the Colonists So Angry at the British? • 1775 -1776 Conflict and Revolution in the Colonies • The American Revolution - Causes, Battles, & People • Online Game: The Road to Revolution Carol LaRow, Teacher Page 1 of 11 Historical Novel: My Brother Sam Is Dead • The Shot Heard Round the World, April 19, 1775 (Includes Map: British Route to Lexington and Concord) • The Battles of Lexington and Concord • Causes of the Revolutionary War Chapter 2: Summary: Tim goes to Tom Warrup's hut, where Sam is hiding. Tim tells Sam how upset Father was about arguing with Sam. Betsy Read is there and is part of the discussion. Sam says, "There's going to be war. Which side are you going to be on?" Tim can't answer the question. Discussion Questions 1. What is the difference between a Tory and a Patriot? 2. Why does Tim begin to cry as he and Sam argue about the "Brown Bess"? 3. n this chapter, what side do you think Tim is on, the British or the Patriots? 4. Why do you think Tim couldn't answer the question about being a Tory or a Patriot? 5. Why does Sam want Tim to listen for information at the tavern? Additional Internet Resources: • What was life like in Connecticut during Colonial times? • Occupations and Customs of the Colonists • Daily Life in the Colonies • Food in the American Colonies Chapter 3: Summary: The fighting of the war hasn't come to the town of Redding yet. In this chapter, Tim tells the reader how the war has affected his family. Sam is gone, and Tim wonders when he will see him again. In November, Betsy lets Tim know that Sam is back. Discussion Questions 1. Why did Tim's father have to keep the Tory newspaper, The Rivington Gazette, hidden? 2. How did the war affect the people in Redding, CT, in the summer of 1775? 3. Why do you think the authors devoted half a page to describing nature on page 45? 4. What were the major differences between Sam and Tim? 5. Why do you think the authors had Tim narrate the story instead of a different character? Additional Internet Resources: • The Politics and Economics of the Colonies • 1775 -1776 Conflict and Revolution in the Colonies • The American Revolution, Month by Month • Online Game: The Road to Revolution Carol LaRow, Teacher Page 2 of 11 Historical Novel: My Brother Sam Is Dead Chapter 4: Summary: Rebel soldiers go to the Meeker Tavern and demand that Father give them his rifle. Father tells them that his son has taken the rifle and is part of their army. The soldiers do not believe him and begin to hit him. Tim rushes to where Sam is hiding, with the intent of getting the "Brown Bess" back in time to save Father. Discussion Questions 1. Who are the Continentals, and why do they come to Redding? 2. Why were the Rebel soldiers threatening Mr. Meeker? 3. Why can't Sam go to the tavern to defend his father when he is attacked by the Rebel soldiers? 4. Would Tim have shot Sam if Sam hadn't overpowered him when Tim tried to get the Brown Bess back? 5. What do Tim and Mr. Meeker feel when Sam turns around and waves from the stone fence? Additional Internet Resources: • Timeline of the Revolutionary War • Causes of the Revolution • Historical Documents • Who Were the Minutemen? Chapter 5: Summary: By January of 1776, the war is starting to have its effects on the Meekers. Food is in short supply; soldiers are searching their home for weapons; soldiers on both sides are stealing cattle. Sam is still gone, and the Meekers hear more stories about the war. In April of 1776, Mr. Heron wants Tim to deliver a letter for him, but Father refuses. Discussion Questions 1. For Tim, what is the worst part of the war? 2. Why is the errand for Mr. Heron so important? 3. At this point in the book, how are the people of Redding affected by the war? What were the major differences between the way the people in Redding viewed the war and the way the people in Lexington and Concord viewed it? 4. In this chapter, how does Tim feel about his older brother Sam. Does Tim support what Sam is doing? 5. At this point in the story, what side do you think Tim would choose - Patriot or Tory? 6. Why doesn't Father want Tim to deliver the message for Mr. Heron? Is there anything Father knows that Tim doesn't? Additional Internet Resources: • Battles of the Revolution - Commanders, Number Killed, Wounded and Captured</a> • Prelude to the Revolution 1763-1775 • Supply Problems Plagued the Continental Army • Broadside Posted- Asking for Supplies for the Continential Army • General Parsons and Mr. Heron, the Spy Carol LaRow, Teacher Page 3 of 11 Historical Novel: My Brother Sam Is Dead Chapter 6: Summary: Tim decides he will deliver the letter for Mr. Heron. He lies to his father, telling Father he's going fishing and sets out for Fairfield, CT. with the sealed letter. He runs into Betsy Read. After an argument, Betsy takes the letter from Tim. Discussion Questions 1. Why does Mr. Heron allow Tim to deliver the message when Mr. Meeker told him directly that Tim was not allowed to do so? 2. Why does Tim decide to deliver the message for Mr. Heron even though he knows his father has said he couldn't? 3. Why doesn't it make sense that Mr. Heron would know where Sam and the other American officers are? 4. Why does Tim talk about lying to his father and the fact that it's a sin? (page 76) Why do you think the authors refer to the lying as being a sin rather than just say it's wrong to lie? 5. Is Mr. Heron a Loyalist? Additional Internet Resources: Important People During the American Revolution, With Pictures How Might a Handwritten Letter Be Sealed During Colonial Times? Chapter 7: Summary: It's nearing the fall of 1776. Goods are getting more scarce, but the war still has not come to Redding. It's time for Father to take his annual 40 mile trip to Verplancks Point, NY, to sell his cattle and hogs and get supplies for the tavern. Sam usually goes with Father, but this year, he must take Tim. The trip takes three days each way. Tim and Father are stopped in Ridgebury by six Cowboys who want to steal their cattle. Loyalist horsemen arrive and scare the Cowboys away. Discussion Questions 1. Why didn't Mr. Heron ask Tim about the letter after the incident? 2. Why was Father arguing with the Cowboys if he knew he could get hurt? 3. Was Tim afraid to go to Verplancks Point with his father? 4. When Mother said she was going to write back to Sam, she told Father her decision was final. Why did Father stop arguing with Mother at this point in the story? 5. Do you think that Sam will come back, and if so, when? 6. Why does Father get angry at the way Sam is living his life? 7. Why does Father think it's different for Sam to leave at age 16 or 17 when Father left his own home when he was 16 himself? 8. If you were in Tim's position, which side would you want to win the war? 9. Why doesn't the mother have a bigger part in the story? Why is she always in the background? Carol LaRow, Teacher Page 4 of 11 Historical Novel: My Brother Sam Is Dead Chapter 8: Summary: Tim and Father reach the home of their relatives in North Salem.
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